Banner day for Brazil’s Marta
Marta scores her record 15th World Cup goal in Brazil’s 2-0 victory over South Korea.
Marta scored her 15th career women’s World Cup goal to become the all-time leader in tournament history, leading Brazil to a 2-0 win over South Korea in Montreal on Tuesday.
The five-time world player of the year scored on a penalty kick in the 53rd minute to put Brazil up 2-0, allowing her to break a tie with Germany’s Birgit Prinz in career goals.
Marta’s penalty came af- ter Formiga was fouled by South Korea’s So-hyun Cho inside the box, and she sent the penalty into the lower left corner of the goal for the record score.
Formiga had Brazil’s first goal in the Group E game, and the 37-year-old became the oldest player to score in tournament history — doing so in her sixth World Cup.
Costa Rica 1, Spain 1: Raquel Rodriguez Cedeno’s first-half goal gave Costa Rica a draw in Montreal in the World Cup debut for both teams.
Rodriguez scored in the 14th minute off a centering pass from Katherine Alvarado, one minute after Vicky Losada put Spain ahead in a Group E game. Spain controlled the possession for much of the second half.
France 1, England 0: Eugenie Le Sommer scored her first World Cup goal and France won a Group F game in rainy Moncton, Canada.
Le Sommer scored her 45th career international goal in the 29th minute.
Gaetane Thiney forced a turnover by England and Le Sommer won the loose ball, took two touches and hammered in a shot from 20 yards.
France has owned the se- ries between the clubs, having not lost to England since 1974. France beat England in the quarterfinals of the 2011 World Cup on penalty kicks.
Colombia 1, Mexico 1: Daniela Montoya’s booming goal from outside the penalty area in the 82nd minute helped Colombia earn a draw in Moncton in a Group F game.
Veronica Perez put Mexico up 1-0 in the 35th minute, turning after a corner kick and firing a right-footed shot that Colombian goalkeeper Castano Cardoso Derly Stefany was unable to keep from just crossing the line.